2026 Intern, 5G Terminal Performance Enhancement Research (Summer)

Samsung Research America Internship • Plano, TX

11h • $44 - $59 • Onsite

About The Position

Join the SMI lab of Samsung Research America to contribute to the development of Samsung's vision of next generation of wireless communication and sensing technology.

Requirements

• PhD student in EE / ECE preferred
• Hands-on experience with mobile data collection and analysis is helpful
• The ability to design experiments to collect data for problem formulation, root-cause analysis, solution development, and testing is preferred
• Research experience with wireless communications standards (such as 3GPP standards (LTE and NR) and Wi-Fi) is preferred
• Experience with Python and ML frameworks as well as related libraries such as Pandas is preferred
• Familiarity with Android, Java, C, and C++
• Solid background in wireless communication areas such as modulation, channel coding, digital signal processing, wireless communication systems design, filter theory, FFTs, synchronization, detection, equalization, MIMO, etc.
• Experience implementing machine learning algorithms for solving challenging problems preferably in wireless connectivity and/or sensing system design
• Proven skills in the simulation of cellular network or connectivity technologies, to derive tradeoffs and to predict performance in diverse channel conditions
• Experience in system or link level simulations
• Ability to clearly define high level requirements and criteria to be used in the evaluation of air interface technology alternatives
• Excellent verbal communication and writing skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical concepts developed in the course of the work

Responsibilities

• Perform research for next generation cellular phone (i.e., UE device) focusing on learning approaches on network characteristics and/or usage before to optimize the UE performance
• Perform data collection (including scenario design) and analyze the logs to verify phenomenon and develop solutions, which may include prototype implementation and evaluation.
• Take conceptual ideas and convert them into technical requirements and specifications of new features
• Design, implement and verify algorithms, via simulations or prototyping, based on technical requirements and specifications
• Work within cross-functional, cross-divisional teams and assist in the design, analysis and performance evaluation from concept to completion

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees